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Harry Truman

Definition: Harry Truman

Harry Truman

Noun

1. Elected Vice President in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945 and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Harry Truman

Synonyms: Harry S Truman (n), President Truman (n), Truman (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Harry Truman

English words defined with "Harry Truman": DixiecratsStates' Rights Democratic Party. (references)

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Modern Usage: Harry Truman

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Lyrics

'49 Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray ("We Didn't Start The Fire"; performing artist: Billy Joel)

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Commercial Usage: Harry Truman

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Books

  • Strictly Personal and Confidential: The Letters Harry Truman Never Mailed (reference)

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Image Slideshow: Harry Truman

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Photo Album: Harry Truman

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President Harry Truman wearing General's MacArthur's hat.Credit: Library of Congress.

President Harry Truman and family members en route to church--Left to right: President Truman; Mrs. Truman; their daughter Margaret; Mrs. Truman's brother, Fred Wallace; her mother, Mrs. D.M. Wallace; and the President's sister, Miss Mary Truman.Credit: Library of Congress.

Martha E. Truman, mother of Harry Truman, full-length portrait, seated in chair, facing front.Credit: Library of Congress.

Librarian of Congress Luther H. Evans, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, and President Harry Truman at Constitution Day ceremony in the Library of Congress.Credit: Library of Congress.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Harry Truman

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Economic History

Haiti

The U.S. Embassy in Haiti is located on 5, Harry Truman Blvd., Port-au-Prince. (references)

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Speeches: Harry Truman

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Jimmy Carter

1977-1981That is what Harry Truman did in the years after the Second World War, when we helped Europe and Japan rebuild themselves and secured an international order that has protected freedom from aggression.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001To Harry Truman, who summoned us to unparalleled prosperity at home and constructed the architecture of the Cold War world.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Setting up the Department of Homeland Security will involve the most extensive reorganization of the federal government since Harry Truman signed the National Security Act.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Harry Truman

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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harry truman

298

uss harry truman

20

harry truman picture

16

president harry truman

9

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9

harry truman wife

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6

harry truman library

5
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Anagrams: Harry Truman

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-h-m-n-r-r-r-t-u-y"

-4 letters: manuary, rhatany.

-5 letters: antrum, arrant, hurray, mantra, mantua, martyr, murrha, ratany, trauma, yantra.

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Alternative Orthography: Harry Truman


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 61 72 72 79      54 72 75 6D 61 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100001 01110010 01110010 01111001 00100000 01010100 01110010 01110101 01101101 01100001 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#97 &#114 &#114 &#121 &#32 &#84 &#114 &#117 &#109 &#97 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0061 0072 0072 0079      0054 0072 0075 006D 0061 006E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42678484912548487796780

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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